A Nebraska Wesleyan University junior has been awarded the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship.
卡特里昂, a 数学 and physics major from Lincoln, Neb., is among just 211 undergraduates in the country to receive the award. Goldwater scholars were selected based on academic merit from a field of 1,280 natural sciences, 数学, and engineering students. The Goldwater Scholarship provides financial assistance for the remainder of the scholars’ undergraduate careers.
“I first developed an enjoyment of 数学 my junior year of high school, but it flourished once I came to NWU,莱昂斯说. “As I took more classes, my enjoyment and desire to learn even more continued to grow.”
While at Nebraska Wesleyan, 里昂 has conducted research alongside Assistant Professor of Mathematics Austin Mohr. Last summer 里昂 conducted research at Lafayette College in Easton, Penn., through the 研究 Experiences for Undergraduates Program. He’s had the opportunity to present his research at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in San Diego, 加州., the Young Mathematicians Conference at Ohio State University, and the Regional Undergraduate Mathematics Conference at Southeast Missouri State University. 本月末, he will present at the Central States Mathematics Undergraduate 研究 Conference at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the NWU 研究 Symposium.
This summer he will participate in a research internship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center where he will help build a benchtop model to simulate aortic dissections.
In addition to his academic work, 里昂 has been a member of the men’s swim team, Theta Chi Fraternity, 物理俱乐部, 数学俱乐部, and Society of Scholars. He plans to pursue a Ph.D in electrical engineering or 数学.
里昂, a graduate of Lincoln Southwest High School, is the eighth Nebraska Wesleyan University student to win a Goldwater Scholarship.